Women Try for Season Sweep of ATU

SHAWNEE – Oklahoma Baptist hosts Arkansas Tech in a women's basketball game Thursday, Jan. 20. Tipoff is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. from the Noble Complex in Shawnee. The game has been designated as a "Pink Out," and fans are encouraged to wear pink. A limited supply of pink T-shirts will be available to those OBU students arriving first in the gymnasium.

Live video of the game will be streamed on the Bison Sports Network. The game will be broadcast live on KGFF 1450 AM in the Shawnee/Seminole area, as well as online at KGFF.com, with the "Voice of the Bison", Todd Miller on the call.
 

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Oklahoma Baptist Women's Basketball Notes
Oklahoma Baptist (10-14, 6-12) vs. Arkansas Tech (11-13, 8-10)
 
TEAMS

• Oklahoma Baptist is 10-14 overall and 6-12 GAC…The Lady Bison are ninth in the GAC and trail Northwestern Oklahoma by one game for the eighth spot…OBU is playing at home for the 16th time where they are 7-8.
• Arkansas Tech 11-13 overall and 8-10 GAC… The Golden Suns are in seventh place one game back of Southeastern Oklahoma for sixth…ATU is playing on the road for the 10^th time where they are 4-5...They have road wins at Ouachita Baptist (71-61), Harding (68-67 OT), Northwestern Oklahoma (74-54) and Southern Arkansas (85-60).

COACHES

• Oklahoma Baptist – Casi Bays (Oklahoma Baptist) 131-99 (57.4%), 8th season
• Arkansas Tech – Dave Wilbers (Oral Roberts) 277-79 (49.8%), 12th season

SERIES

• Teams are meeting for the 11th time in a series dating to 1987…Tech is 7-3 all time
• Last meeting OBU won 63-59 on Jan. 12, 2019 in Russellville, Ark…Charissa Price had 18 points, including going six-for-seven from three-point distance…Hannah Villines had 16 to lead ATU.
   

LAST OUTING

• OBU was beaten 70-67 by East Central Saturday in Ada…Charissa Price had 20 points and four three pointers to lead the Lady Bison in scoring.
• ATU won for the third time in four games beating Arkansas-Monticello, 82-59…Jacie Higgins had 19 points and three three pointers for the Golden Suns.
   

OBU KEY STATS

• Charissa Price is averaging 23.0 points over the last three games, including a season-high 33 two weeks ago against SWOSU...She is 23-of-46 (50%) from the field and made 13 three pointers.
• Katy Custer moved into 26^th on the school's career scoring chart with 1,065…She is seven points shy of passing Tonya Miller Orr into 25^th place.
• Victoria Blankenship had her 10^th double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds against ECU…She tops the GAC in the category and is two ahead of teammate Autumn Avina.
   

ATU KEY STATS

• ATU ranks sixth in scoring offense at 72.5 points per game…They are an unbeaten 9-0 in games in which they score 70 or more points.
• Hannah Valines leads ATU in scoring at 13.5 points per game…Her highest scoring effort was 26 in a loss to Southeastern Oklahoma.
• ATU is sixth in shooting accuracy at 41.5 percent…The Golden Suns have not shot better than 50 percent in any of their 24 games and only three times have they bettered 40 percent in nine road games.